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Heinrich And Luján Request Answers About U.S. And Israeli Military’s Adherence To International Law In The Middle East

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U.S. SENATE News:

U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and nine Senate Democrats in requesting answers from U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) regarding Israel’s practice of unilaterally declared mass evacuation orders in Lebanon and Iran, which likely contravene international law, in light of assertions from Israeli officials that American and Israeli forces are coordinating on military targeting actions in the current conflict in the Middle East.

The letter comes ahead of congressional testimony by CENTCOM Commander Read More

SF Airport Expansion Brings Los Alamos Closer To World

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Fly Santa Fe News:

The Santa Fe Regional Airport recently reached a major milestone in its multi-year modernization plan. With Phase I of the terminal expansion complete, the airport now offers a modern alternative to the 200-mile round trip to the Albuquerque Sunport.

For the scientists, engineers, and professionals at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)—for whom time is a valuable commodity—a closer commercial hub means more efficient travel, while facilitating the high-level collaboration and federal oversight essential to the county’s national mission.

Beyond its professional Read More

Infectious Disease MDF: ‘Hantavirus Is Not The Next COVID—But It Is A Warning’

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Tyler B. Evans, MD, MS, MPH, DTM&H, FIDSA 

MEDICAL News:

The hantavirus outbreak aboard the expedition cruise ship MV Hondius has triggered alarming headlines and understandable anxiety. But according to Dr. Tyler Evans, infectious disease specialist, CEO of Wellness Equity Alliance, and former Chief Medical Officer for New York City’s COVID-19 response, hantavirus is most likely not the next pandemic, but it does expose how fragile and improvised global outbreak preparedness still is.

Dr. Evans says the Hondius outbreak should be understood as a stress test, not a panic event. Read More

IAIA, SFAI Collaborate On Transatlantic Rising Stars Project Artist Residency

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Jorge Mañes Rubio and Hollis Chitto. Photo by Jason S. Ordaz

IAIA News:

The Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) is pleased to announce its collaboration with the Santa Fe Art Institute (SFAI) through the Transatlantic Rising Stars Project (TRSP), known as Transatlantic Stars, a three-year initiative of the European Union Delegation to the United States. The 2026 Santa Fe residency pairs Spanish artist Jorge Mañes Rubio with Hollis Chitto (Choctaw and Laguna Pueblo), an IAIA-affiliated artist.

The eight-week creative exchange is rooted in reciprocity, cultural respect, and shared Read More

PEEC To Present ‘Artemis And The Moon: Exploring NASA’s Return To Lunar Exploration’ May 8 At Nature Center

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‘Artemis and the Moon’ presentation 7-8 p.m. May 8 at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

The Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) invites the community to a special planetarium program, “Artemis and the Moon”, 7-8 p.m., Friday, May 8, at the Los Alamos Nature Center.

This engaging presentation will explore NASA’s Artemis missions, which aim to return humans to the Moon more than 50 years after the Apollo era.

The program will highlight what has changed in lunar science and space exploration over the past five decades—from new technologies and spacecraft to Read More

New Mexico’s Next Generation Radio-Astronomy: A New Era Of Discovery In A Crowded Sky 

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Figure 1. Twenty seven huge antennae are mounted on rails, and a network of remote radiotelescopes is woven together to probe the skies. Courtesy/NRAO

By Mark A. MacInnes
Los Alamos Daily Post

World-Class Radio-Astronomy

For more than four decades, the radiotelescope dishes of the New Mexico Very Large Array (VLA) have stood on the plains of San Agustin, as New Mexico’s most recognizable and world-class scientific landmark. At an evening town hall on April 15 at the Bradbury Science Museum, this was the introductory pitch, according to the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) Director Read More

LANL: NASA’s Curiosity Rover Finds More Evidence Of Ancient Lakes On Mars

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A NASA ‘postcard’ of the Amapari Marker Band, a winding region where Curiosity discovered unexpected signs of an ancient lake. Courtesy/NASA/JPL-Caltech

LANL News:

  • The findings shed new light on the potential for past life

A team of scientists using the ChemCam instrument on NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has discovered the highest amounts of iron, manganese, and zinc ever found together in the Gale Crater on Mars. Minerals with these metals were found in remarkably well-preserved ripples in rocks, indicating the high likelihood that a shallow lake existed at this location.

Metal-rich deposits Read More

Trinity On The Hill To Hold Annual Fiesta On The Hill Fundraiser & Celebration For House Of Hope Ministry May 2

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Members of the House of Hope ministry help a family in Juarez, Mexico, build a house. Courtesy/TOTH

Members of the House of Hope ministry help a family in Juarez, Mexico, build a house. Courtesy/TOTH

Members of the House of Hope ministry help a family in Juarez, Mexico, build a house. Courtesy/TOTH

From Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church:

Come join Trinity on the Hill for our annual Fiesta on the Hill, 5-7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 2. This is a fundraiser and celebration for the church’s House of Hope ministry, an ongoing ministry since 2005.

Highlights of the event will include a taco dinner, silent Read More

Community Invited To 14th Annual ‘Around The World In White Rock’ At Piñon Elementary School May 5

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LAPS News:

The public is invited to attend the14th annual Multicultural Festival, Around the World in White Rock, in the Piñon Elementary School gymnasium starting at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 5.

Presented jointly by Chamisa Elementary and Piñon Elementary Schools, the festival features dance, music, games, crafts and food tastings. 

According to co-coordinators Andrea Lynch, Chamisa Elementary School art teacher, and Stephanie Rittner, Piñon Elementary art teacher, there are already a number of cultures that will be represented at the event including Brazil, Chile, Korea, France, Read More

Free Film Screening Asks: What Does It Take To Tell The Truth From Inside A Genocide?

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By KELLY MEYERS
Los Alamos

Los Alamos and surrounding community members are invited to a free screening of “Unmaking Of,” a documentary film that takes viewers behind the camera into the brutal reality of making journalism and art under siege, at 7 p.m., next Tuesday, April 21, at SALA.

The film follows filmmakers working inside Gaza during an active genocide, documenting not just what they see, but what it costs to see it, to record it, and to share it with a world that has largely been shielded from the full weight of what is happening. “Unmaking Of” is less a conventional documentary and more an Read More